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Hairy Nightshade

Solanum nitidibaccatum

Also called Green Nightshade, Hoe Nightshade

Hairy Nightshade
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Solanaceae (Nightshade family)
Grows as
Annual
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
S. Peru to S. South America
Climate
temperate

About

Solanum nitidibaccatum, known as green nightshade, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It is an annual native to Argentina, central and southern Chile, Bolivia, and Peru in South America.

It has previously been considered a variety of Solanum physalifolium.

Other Solanum plants

Nightshade · Dwarf Tamarillo · Solanum acaule · Solanum acerifolium · Sodaapple nightshade · Dutch Eggplant · Solanum adenophorum · Solanum adoxum · Sonoita nightshade · Ethiopian nightshade · Solanum africanum · Solanum agnewiorum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Solanum nitidibaccatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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